From: W. L. Irish - He was a Freeman at Charlestown, RI in 1746. They bought land in Richmond, RI in 1745 and sold it in 1748. Then in 1750, they bought land of William Potter and sold it in 1750 to Elisha Babcock. Later they moved to Beekman's Precinct at Pawling, Dutchess County, New York. In 1790, they moved to Saratoga County, New York.

From: Joe Travis
Named in the will of his maternal grandfather, John Taylor, dated April 24, 1745 (see notes on this maternal grandfather).